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Post by lpgas on Mar 20, 2016 19:31:06 GMT
In a way I feel sorry for Newport. Having to share with a rugger club, and get so little support. However this post is not about their team, more about a questionable day out.
Cannot remember the figure but let's say there are 1140 seats, and we sell 1140 tickets. If this is indeed true then why were there so many Rovers fans stood in the gangways, along the front and in the corner given that every seat was full?? At one point there were so many stood on the temporary stand I wondered if it was going to collapse.
The chap next to me said that a load of Rovers fans turned up without a ticket, and the police told the club to let them in, and they were let in for free.
Now I am not a Health and Safety person but if the capacity of the away end is 1140, then I would think that it is a H&S issue, especially as about a third of the ground was empty.
If true I would also begrudge those fans getting in for free seeing I paid for my ticket
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Post by Topper Gas on Mar 20, 2016 19:37:11 GMT
I guess the police took the decision fans w/o tickets were easy to control in the ground than roaming the streets outside the ground, which also apparently happened at Kidderminster last season.
The problem with this approach is that sooner or later far more fans will turn up than the ground can cope with.
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Post by bs9trymer on Mar 20, 2016 19:40:11 GMT
We were on the left of the open end (as you look at the pitch) nearest to the dressing rooms and there were many empty seats.
I don't know why we couldn't have been given all of one side of the ground as well,might have taken a bit of effort from Newport to organise,obviously money isn't a problem for them.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2016 19:41:42 GMT
The reason why a good number of fans were standing towards the entrance side of the away end was due to the fact that the first row of seats were not in use. They were in the upright position with boards leaning against them. It's anybody's guess why they were like that but it looks like the tickets were sold for all the seats and a good number were not in use for the reason previously mentioned.
From my position at the end of the Bisley stand I could clearly see the fans stood, probably fifty or so in number, about the same as the seats at the front which were not in use.
I would doubt they were let in free.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2016 19:56:32 GMT
Better off contacting Newport County directly and getting answers direct from them.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2016 20:17:13 GMT
In a way I feel sorry for Newport. Having to share with a rugger club, and get so little support. However this post is not about their team, more about a questionable day out. Cannot remember the figure but let's say there are 1140 seats, and we sell 1140 tickets. If this is indeed true then why were there so many Rovers fans stood in the gangways, along the front and in the corner given that every seat was full?? At one point there were so many stood on the temporary stand I wondered if it was going to collapse. The chap next to me said that a load of Rovers fans turned up without a ticket, and the police told the club to let them in, and they were let in for free. Now I am not a Health and Safety person but if the capacity of the away end is 1140, then I would think that it is a H&S issue, especially as about a third of the ground was empty. If true I would also begrudge those fans getting in for free seeing I paid for my ticket 'The chap next to me said....... ' Or is that what you think? We won 4.1 away and up to 3rd in the table you miserable old sod! |
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Post by Dirt Dogg on Mar 20, 2016 21:10:25 GMT
I doubt that lots were let in without tickets, I was in the large group given a police escort and everyone was let in slowly through the turnstiles not long before kick off.
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Post by paulpirate on Mar 20, 2016 21:21:28 GMT
In a way I feel sorry for Newport. Having to share with a rugger club, and get so little support. However this post is not about their team, more about a questionable day out. Cannot remember the figure but let's say there are 1140 seats, and we sell 1140 tickets. If this is indeed true then why were there so many Rovers fans stood in the gangways, along the front and in the corner given that every seat was full?? At one point there were so many stood on the temporary stand I wondered if it was going to collapse. The chap next to me said that a load of Rovers fans turned up without a ticket, and the police told the club to let them in, and they were let in for free. Now I am not a Health and Safety person but if the capacity of the away end is 1140, then I would think that it is a H&S issue, especially as about a third of the ground was empty. If true I would also begrudge those fans getting in for free seeing I paid for my ticket i heard there was 10k gas there |
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Post by 4evergas67 on Mar 20, 2016 21:50:34 GMT
This will always be the problem when you have a "sit where you want" policy.
7 or 8 big guys standing up will take up the space of at least 10 or 12 small seats so hence the knock on effect is all the seats look like they are full.
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Post by stokegiffordgas on Mar 20, 2016 22:38:39 GMT
We've already had a similar problem at woking last season albeit that wasn't all ticket. Funny that we had seats with rows numbers etc on the tickets but the seats were all unmarked?
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Post by youmadethatup on Mar 20, 2016 22:59:34 GMT
Strange cos after watching the highlights I was going to ask why so many seats were vacant if they were all supposed to be sold. Bad organisation ? Dopey fans ? Bit of both ?
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Post by Centenary Gas on Mar 21, 2016 0:42:11 GMT
Sitting (standing) on the far right looking out to the pitch, there were empty seats around me...
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Post by BishopstonBRFC on Mar 21, 2016 6:50:36 GMT
A fair amount stood in the corner between the two away stands for the whole game. I think the bar stayed open most of the first half so that kept a few inside too.
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